Re: Doubt about free or dont free

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

Hi Tristan,

> Greg Breland wrote:
> [...]
>
> > What really needs to happen(and I believe is in the works) is that the
> > GTK manual needs user comments or wiki goodness.  This would solve
> > almost everything except that each function might have too much
> > information before too long. :)
>
>
> While we're on a rant about API docs...
>
> After years of using gtk+, the thing I find most annoying
> about the API docs is the generic delagate functions.
>
> When I write:
>     node = g_list_find_custom (list_of_addresses, "joe",
>                                find_address_by_name);
>
> I invariably have to ask myself what argument comes first in:
>
> static gint
> find_address_by_name (AddressStruct *address, const gchar *name)
>
> /me ponders:
> Maybe that could be fixed by aliasing function typedefs, i.e.
>
> typedef GListFindFunc  GCompareFunc
>
> And have a more specific documentation for "GListFindFunc" in
> the source.
>
> Hmmm, is there a way to do this without making the compiler complain ?
> maybe by using #define instead of typedef ?

I think a little example and some notes as part of the longs-description would 
be sufficient.

Stefan